We climbed the mountain in June (2018) in snowy conditions but great weather. Here's a video edit from the day - and our blog post from the trip is here....
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We climbed the mountain in June (2018) in snowy conditions but great weather. Here's a video edit from the day - and our blog post from the trip is here....
read moreAn action packed four days with Aoife, Tom and Dave, along with James guiding as well. It felt like we climbed a pretty chunky route everyday, and some proper classics too. We've been extremely lucky with the weather, with long hot days and no sign of the normal...
read moreAnother good week of climbing here in Chamonix on one of our Alpine skills courses. Five days of training, practice and then alpine action. It's always a pleasure watching people learn and then become more and more independent in the mountains. We focused on glacial...
read moreThe hot and stable weather is still here in Chamonix. People are climbing all sorts of stuff, including some big routes on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, as well as rock routes mid-high mountain now that the snow is receding fast. Having said that, there is still...
read moreThe high mountain huts through out the alps are a mixture of alpine club and privately run huts. The hut network is seriously impressive, virtually every mountain and major route is served by a hut, some tiny bivouac shelters, and others more like mountain hotels. All...
read moreAfter an unsettled May and early June, it's a relief to have some stable, if hot, weather at last. Lot's of alpine activity out here in Chamonix now, with most of the lifts open, although the Aiguille du Midi remains shut until late next week. Andy and I had a great...
read moreOur second trip up Mont Blanc this season was a complete success, with all four of our climbers reaching the top on Friday (15th June). Conditions really were excellent, with good snow in the grand couloir, up the ridge to the Gouter hut and then up to the summit....
read moreWhat a week. Despite the indifferent weather forecast for the entire week, Dave and I managed to get a varied set of climbs done on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif. With stormy weather due almost every day we had to adapt our original plans slightly, and...
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